Middle Eastern Studies and Geography

Course Introduction

The BA Middle Eastern Studies and ' is a three'year programme that offers students the opportunity to study the history and culture of the Middle East alongside with acquiring competence for one or more Middle Eastern languages. The two'subject degree allows students to combine the study of the region of the Middle East with a specific discipline. All disciplines at SOAS are taught with a regional focus on Asia and Africa, and students will be able to choose courses in their second subject that supplement their interest in the Middle East as a region.

Course Modules

Middle Eastern Studies Modules include: Literatures of the Near and Middle East; introduction to the history of the Near and Middle East; language unit at an appropriate level; introduction to Israeli culture; introduction to Arabic culture; nation and nationalism in Middle Eastern fiction (in translation); the Muslim world: unity in diversity; core independent study project; compulsory language course; Arabic cinema; cinemas of the Middle East; Persian poetry in translation; Middle Persian; Ottoman Turkish language; introduction to Sufism; history of Zionism; Israeli history and the Israel'Palestine conflict; introduction to Israeli literature; introduction to Armenian history; introduction to Armenian literature in translation; introduction to Armenian culture; introduction to the art and archaeology of the Near and Middle East; Islamic architecture; the sources of Islamic art and architecture; art and material culture of the Islamic world: 7th'14th centuries; the decorative arts of Islam; mosaics, manuscripts and wall painting in Islamic art; music of the Middle East and North Africa; Islamic law; Shi'a Islam: religious authority and community identity; the making of the Modern Middle East; Zoroastrian literature in translation; Zoroastrianism in the Ancient and Modern worlds; economic development of the Modern Middle East; government and politics of the Middle East; Eastern Christianity; Orthodox Christianity; martyrs and monks in Eastern Christian writings; Syriac for beginners; Judaism: foundation; Second Temple and Rabbinic Judaism; daily life of Jews in Antiquity; the Bible and its interpretation in Ancient Judaism; the role and representation of women in Judaism. Geography Modules include: Cities: exploration in urban geography; climate variability, change and society; cultural landscapes: North American style; ecological and cultural biogeography; economic and social change in Post'War Europe; environmental remote sensing; environmental risk, governance and society; global cities: processes, problems and policies; historical geographies of urbanism; natural hazards; desert environments; development geographies: livelihood and policy contexts; environmental thought and practice: politics, concept and management; gendered geographies of development and globalisation; Japanese environments; political economy of hazardscapes; social theory and the environment; territoriality, state, and nation: political geography in the developing world; third world political ecology; tropical forests in a changing environment.

Duration & Attendance

Qualification

Tuition fees

Fee type

3 years
Full Time

BA (Hons)

£9,000

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Qualifications required:

GCE A-level AAB

European Baccalaureate 75%

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